Category: Nonfiction

Title: SAT Prep 2017-2018 Study Guide Publisher: Test Prep Books Pub. Date: 26 September 2017 Great guide to the SAT for reluctant studiers. Readable and engaging. If you are serious about raising your score, this guide is worth a shot. It is light and readable, but serious. The language is accessible, yet it…

Title: Finishing School- The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can’t Seem to Get Done Publisher: TarcherPerigee Pub. Date: 10 January 2017 Genre: How-To, Writing Books, Philosophy, Self-Help This might be just another of the thousands of books that try to help authors finish their manuscripts, but maybe it is a book that…

Title: The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived Author: Tom Shroder Publisher: Penguin Random House Pub. Date: 4 October, 2016 My review and ratings for this book are broken into three distinct parts: Three stars for the first two-thirds, because it was intermittently interesting and engrossing, but sometimes confusing to try to keep…

Title: The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention Author: Rajan Menon Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (expected pub. Date March 3, 2016) The introduction says this is a book for anyone interested in international relations, but I disagree. This book is for anyone interested in truly developing real humanitarian principles everywhere in their lives, from their own…